Jonathan Lorenz

Working on a turn-based tactical inspired by 90’s horror movies. Go wishlist it now ➡️

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You CAN pet the dog, but we advise against it

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A terrible fate for Halloween

The curse has been passed on to you. The only way to break it is to go back in time through some horror movies VHS.

Wishlist REWIND and RECLAIM on Steam now

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Memories from the prototyping phases

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Is there a link between all of the horror movies in the game?

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A lot of things have changed since the making of this trailer (gameplay and assets wise), but it still manage to capture the mood of our game REWIND and RECLAIM

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All those games I posted in the last few days influenced, one way or another, the game I’m currently working on. A lot of things have changed since I started working on it two years ago. Haven't shared about it for a while, but hey, it's Halloween!
#SteamScreamFest

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What shaped my game

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Beyond Dark Castle (1987) by Silicon Beach Software
Explore the castle, dungeons, forests, a clocktower, and defeat rats, snakes, executioners, and weird monsters. I loved the variety in scenery and challenges. Before that, the best looking game I had was a version of Chess!

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Another World (1991) by @EricChahi

First screen of the game a tentacle drowns you. If you make it to the next screen you get killed by a leech's bite, or eaten by a dog. It’s survival platformer adventure were you use a limited set of tools and your creativity to progress.

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Alone In The Dark (1992) by @playinfogrames

It was such a unique game at the time it launched. Needless to say my young self didn’t understand what I was supposed to do, but I loved the simplicity and the mood of the game. Spend hours exploring the manor and dying.

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Forgot to add that it is developed by @EA

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Haunting Starring Polterguy (1993)

You play as a ghost who interact with its environment to haunt objects and scare a family. I loved trying out different objects in the environment to figure out how to puzzle them together to achieve your goals. Spooky!

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Dark Seed 2 (1995) by Cyberdreams

Another weird FMV point and click. You explore a world full of nightmarish (and pixelated) sceneries to get your memory back and investigate your girlfriend’s murder. It’s like a proto Harvester but with some H.R. Giger’s artworks!

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Harvester (1996) by DigiFX Interactive

Back then, we thought the future of video game graphics was digitalized pictures. In the golden age of FMVs, Harvester was one of my favorites with its awesome B movie vibes. You could attack every NPCs. Pretty unique for a point and click.

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Blood (1997) by @MonolithDev

During the post Doom era, this game stood out with its theme, multiple nods to horror movies, and genuinely interesting gameplay. Some levels were quite revolutionary at the time. “OMG you play in a TRAIN!”

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@KenneyNL I saw that a playable version is available on Steam. However sometimes it is better to keep it as a good memory, rather than replaying it and maybe be disapointed with the differences between what the game is and how you remember it ...

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Sanitarium (1998) by Dreamforge Intertainment :

We’re in 98, I told a friend I like point and clicks, he gave me a CDRom with a dismal eye on it. I was expecting a Lucas Art-like game. Boy was I wrong. Dark, weird, moody, unsettling. I was shocked, and in love with it.

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Shadow Man (1999) by @PlayAcclaim

An action/ puzzle/ exploration/ platformer (like most games around 2000). I remember an industrial style cathedral, metroidvania mechanics, voodoo stuffs, the fight against Jack The Ripper... The game made a great impression on me at the time.

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American McGee’s Alice (2000) from Rogue Entertainment

The BEST adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (sequel is also great). The level design is mind blowing : rooms are warping, floors become ceilings, walls become platforms … Never find anything quite like it, and it’s 25 yo.

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Max Payne (2001) by @remedygames

Not a horror game but some elements of it are, imho, reminiscent of the horror mood. The flash back sequence showing what happened to your family sets the tone for the rest of the game. Loved the B movie vibes.

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Doom 3 (2004) by @idSoftware

A decade after the OG, ID came back with a different proposition. The game took me by surprise for being more of a horror game than an action game (you have to choose between holding a light torch or a weapon). Also, great depictions of hell!